The "Wilderness Man," himself, John the Baptizer, needed to know. Was Jesus the One they had been waiting for? Naturally, Jesus doesn't give him a direct answer; he simply points to the facts. The blind can see, the deaf can hear, the lame can walk, poor people are doing a lot better, John. ~~Matthew 11:2-11
Don't we all have questions for God? Even the one who came to prepare the way for Jesus needed to be sure.
But what if the beloved has already arrived? What if the signs really are all around us? I love the suggestion from one contemplative: Turn to Love, and the one you await will appear.
The One
So many signs,
so many people raise our hopes,
and then fade in history's crowd and clutter.
Will this be the Christmas when ....?
But we do not await some traveler from a far shore,
some miracle for a while withheld, then granted.
We await the blossoming of what is already within,
"as a farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth."
The One we await is the Beloved, present here,
the spirit of love, embodied already.
Many may bear that fruit, but it is also within you.
Turn to love, and the One you await will appear.
~~Steve Garnaas-Holmes
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